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'J.O. HYDE. GARMENT (ILA-SP. No. 297,804. Patented Apr; 29, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. HYDE, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEST HAVEN BUCKLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,804, dated April 29, 18 84:.

Application filed March 17, 188i. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, JAMES C. HYDE, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Garment-Clasps; and I do hereby de-' clare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a front View; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a sectional side view; Fig. 4, a rear view. p

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of clasps for garments which consist of a pair of jaws hinged .upori a pintle with a spring arranged between them, the action of which is to close the grasping ends of the jaws, the said clasp provided with a loop by which it is attached to a standing-strap, the object of the invention being to provide the clasp with a guard to prevent interference with the garments; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents one j aw and B the other, hinged together upon a pintle, a, in the usual manner, and provided with a helical spring, 1), around the pintle, one leg, (1, of which bears upon one jaw, and the other leg, 6, upon the other jaw, also in the usual manner. To the upper end of one jaw, A, the loop 0 is applied. This loop is is turned, as seen at h, Figs. 2 and 3.

'and to the loop n.

made of Wire bent for attachment to the strap, its two legs, f f, extending downward and 3 5 turned at right angles to form a hinge-bar, 9. Around this bar 9 the upper end of the jaw A To the other jaw a guard is attached. This guard is also made from wire of U shape. Around the 0 bend of the U the upper end of the otherjaw, B, is turned, as at Z. The two legs m m, extending upward, are hooked onto the loop, as at 0, thus hinging the guard both to the jaw B The jaws are opened by 5 forcing their tail ends toward each other, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 2. This movement also brings the corresponding ends of the guard and loop together, their j oints permitting such movement. I claim The combination of the two jaws A B,hinged together, the helical spring 12, arranged between the j aws to hold them in their closed condition,

the loop C, made from wire, the upper end of one jaw bent around the lower bar of the loop, and the U-shaped guard made'from wire, the upper end of the other jaw turned around the bend of the guard, and the two legs of the guard extending upward and hinged to the loop, substantially as described.

JAMES o. HYDE.

Witnesses:

Jos. O. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

